#BD8233#BD8233

#BD8233 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.118 H 70.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8233
RGB	rgb(189, 130, 51)
HSL	hsl(34, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(34, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 73%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.00, 15.53, 49.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.00, 52.35, 72.75°)
OKLab	oklab(65.22% 0.0394 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(65.22% 0.118 70.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.5686, 27.0257, 6.7905)
Luminance	0.2702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8233 #336EBD

analogous

#BD3D33 #BD8233 #B3BD33

triadic

#BD8233 #33BD82 #8233BD

tetradic

#BD8233 #33BD3D #336EBD #BD33B3

square

#BD8233 #33BD3D #336EBD #BD33B3

split-complementary

#BD8233 #33B3BD #3D33BD

monochromatic

#5D4019 #8D6126 #BD8233 #D39F5B #E0BB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#BD8233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#BD8233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8233

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8233	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7372

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 130, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.118 70.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a66f',
    500: '#bd8233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8233;
$custom-light: #d6a66f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.348,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65224,
    "c": 0.11814,
    "h": 70.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8233

secondary

#82A1CA

accent

#89E147

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8233

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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